Sad Sigh...
I know I'm being a bad Voxer as I don't tend to post as much as I would like. I would like to promise I'll be better but whenever I do it only tends to get worse ^__^
I just noticed one of my VOX-friends left this place and I must admit I'm very sad about that. I didn't knew her really before VOX but her blog really gave me really the feeling of having a friend across the ocean. I'm going to miss her having around this place. I hope that's everything is alright.
It makes me also realise that I consider some people here as real friends although I never even spoke or seen them. It's a weird thing to realise. I could go on vacation somewhere, walk just passed them, not even knowing that we've seen eachother. H*ck, we even might have a brief conversation and I may think you're not the type I want to get to know :-D (not that this is something I frequently think, but it COULD...)
The internet makes these feelings of friendship/connection possible, it also lets us share our true selfs with other unknown people, it's often so much easier to be purely yourself to complete strangers than to shallow friends. (good friends should be as easy in a perfect world)
But it also make it possible to become someone on the net that you aren't in real life, like a perfect version of yourself.
How to find out who's what isn't that easy, but sometimes I just don't wan't to know either...
Comments
I think when you settle in a place like Vox/iStock/Etsy, you have some regular contact with the same people and as Sue says - friendships are born. Some of the people I've met on 'lypses, I've talked to for a while in the forums or in emails and when we met, it was like old friend day :)
Even if you never meet them, the support they offer in downtimes and the cheering in uptimes can be a valuable boost when you need it most.
I think people find it easier to be supportive at a distance too - a few written words takes virtually no time and there's no real risk of becoming entwined in the other persons problem but those few written words can mean the world to the person receiving them.
Thanks for your comments, I'm glad I'm not alone in this.
If I ever win the BIG lottery, you may be sure I'm going to try to trow a big party and invite you all so we'll meet in real life at my expenses (hence the BIG lottery part, LOL)